The new Spanish version of INDEVCO agricultural films and packaging portal facilitates information gathering for Spanish-speaking customers and prospects. The geo-targeted sector portal provides detailed information about films and packaging for growing, packing, storing and displaying fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as horticulture and aquaculture applications.

Interested parties can easily request for quotations (RFQs), which are processed by INDEVCO Lead Generation Unit. Also, prospects and customers can engage in online live chat, and download brochures and technical data sheets (TDS).

The web portal serves as an information platform, allowing visitors to follow INDEVCO social media channels, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter. Interested parties can also subscribe to INDEVCO’s OUTBOUND e-newsletter to keep up-to-date with current news, developments, and upcoming events and exhibitions.

Masterpak new website focuses on customer needs, offering tools for visitors to engage in live online chat and ask questions, as well as contact product experts. The website provides information about Masterpak’s wide range of co-extruded PE films and bags, and allows prospects to discuss required specifications and submit inquiries.

Masterpak serves the European, the Arabian Gulf, Middle East and African (MENA), Asian, American and Australian markets.

Visitors can also download Masterpak’s corporate fact sheet and access detailed information about the PE film manufacturer’s operations, vision and mission, values, production capabilities, quality policies, and exports in the ‘About Us’ section.

Furthermore, Masterpak promotes developing business relationships and exploring possibilities for collaboration in the ‘Join Our Team’ and ‘Become a Supplier’ sections.

COMPACT installed a new high-quality rotogravure printing, and coating and laminating machine to continuously provide superior quality and effectively satisfy customer needs. The new rotogravure machine at COMPACT’s Dammam-based plant is designed to print on plastic, paper and foil.

COMPACT manufactures a wide range of mono-layer, laminated and coated film structuresfor the food and beverage, industrial, pharmaceutical, paramedical, personal and home care sectors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With automated color-matching and roto printing, COMPACT enhances composite film packaging products.

The machine increases efficiency by reducing time and material waste through an advanced register control system, as well as minimizing set-up and start-up time, and waste of jobs. Furthermore, the rotogravure printing press provides high print quality on paper and plastic.

About COMPACT’s New Rotogravure Machine

The rotogravure machine, compatible for hollow and shafted engraved cylinders, runs at aspeed of 450 m/min and prints in up to 9 colors with print surface going up to 1000 mm. The machine utilizes thermo oil for drying to assure temperature stability during run on high speed, and is equipped with electronic shafts on all stations.

Phoenix Energy participated in an open round table discussion between ministers and specialists from Lebanon and Spain. The event, that took place on 12 January 2012, promoted advancement of rural areas in Lebanon by tackling major challenges and learning from successful experiences of Catalonia, Spain, in solving similar problems. The round table was held at Hotel Al Saha, Beirut Airport Road, Lebanon.

About Round Table Event: ‘The Management of Available Resources, in the Context of Markets Globalization for a Sustainable Economic Development in Rural Areas’

Rural areas present diversified and solid economic potential, despite evident limitations arising from social, economic and climate issues. The round table provided a platform of exchange, highlighting issues in common between Lebanon and Spain to establish bonds of cooperation and promote the exchange of expertise and "success stories".

Specialists from Spain and Lebanon also joined the discussion, presenting ideas concerning agriculture, forestry, renewable energy, responsible tourism and its effect on rural areas:

Phoenix Energy Contributes to Promoting Development of Rural Areas

Phoenix Energy recently partook in a joint project between Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Lebanon and Centre Tecnologic Forestal De Catalonia (CTFC), Spainto support the development of the pilot forest in North Lebanon for Aito and surrounding villages.

The project was in line with the round table’s aim to promote development of rural areas. The renewable energy products supplier installed 2 biomass boilers in Karm Saddeh village in Aito, Lebanon. One of the boilers will heat Karm Saddeh public school and the other the Karm Saddeh municipality facilities.

As part of the joint project, Phoenix Energy installed two biomass boilers in Lebanese village Karm Saddeh, Lebanon, one in the Karm Saddeh Municipality facility and another in the Al Mahabba wal Islah Club facility. At the event Phoenix Energy General Manager, Rabih Osta, presented details about the eco-friendly boilers and explained how they work on wood logs and olive husk.

New Boxes, If Recycled, Will Divert Over 3,500 tons of Waste from Landfills; Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions for NYC Equivalent to Adding 100 Acres of Trees to Central Park

January 23, 2012 – New York City – Global Green USA and its Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) initiative congratulated Allen Harim Foods and Interstate Container today for their pioneering efforts to transform poultry packaging and set an example for all food packaging to be significantly more environmentally responsible. Interstate Container, a founding CoRR member, recently transitioned Allen Harim Foods’ non-recyclable coated corrugated packaging to FBA-certified recyclable coated boxes. If these boxes are recycled, the move will eliminate 11,000 tons of carbon emissions each year by preventing methane-generating paper fiber from entering the landfills, and bringing it back onto the market as valuable commodities.[1]

Allen Harim ships more than 530,000 boxes to New York City each year, many of which pass through the largest food distribution in the world at Hunt’s Point. If all of these coated boxes are recycled, the city will enjoy carbon reductions equivalent to adding 100 acres of trees to Central Park. [2] “This is exactly the kind of leadership we need to reduce New York’s waste stream and carbon footprint,” says Annie White, Director of Global Green USA’s Coalition for Resource Recovery. Lily Kelly, who is spearheading Global Green's wholesale packaging program added, “Recycling, buying recyclable, and designing for recyclability show good corporate citizenship, and make business sense.”

Every year, 1.36 million tons of coated boxes are landfilled or burned, releasing 4.5 million tons of greenhouse gasses. [3] However, recyclable coatings are commercially available, and competitive with non-recyclable paraffin coatings in both strength and cost. Global Green and members of CoRR have been working since 2008 to help accelerate the development and deployment of recyclable packaging for protein and produce.

Interstate Container worked closely with Allen Harim to ensure that the packaging was robust and fully recyclable. “Interstate Container is proud to have helped Allen Harim make the transition to recyclable boxes possible for all their domestically distributed poultry,” says Jeff Cormier, National Sales Manager. “We operate in a highly competitive market, and providing recyclable packaging helps us stand out in the crowd by bringing additional value to our customers.”

Switching to recyclable boxes was part of a larger effort at Allen Harim to reduce costs. “We were looking for ways to save money, and we found that reducing our waste, including switching to recyclable boxes, was a very effective strategy,” says Tom Miller, Allen Harim’s Chief Operating Officer. The use of Interstate Container’s boxes has reduced both machine maintenance and waste hauling fees. “The box folding machine stays much cleaner, and gets jammed much less frequently,” says Roy Barger, Maintenance Manager with Allen Harim. “We also reduced our facility’s coated corrugated waste stream from 6 bales per day to less than one. And now that waste is recyclable.”

Global Green USA is the American affiliate of Green Cross International, founded by President Gorbachev, to foster a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future. For nearly 20 years, Global Green USA has been a national leader in advocating for smart solutions to global warming including green building for affordable housing, schools, cities and communities that save money, improve health and create green jobs. Global Green’s Coalition for Resource Recovery was founded in 2008 as an industry working group dedicated to generating business value through transforming waste into assets.

For more information, please contact Lily Kelly, Program Associate, Coalition for Resource Recovery, at lkelly@globalgreen.org or 310-581-2700 x127.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Sanita congratulates the 25 winners of ‘Happies Comfort Nights’ second draw and offers 20 more families chances to win full kids’ bedrooms.

On 18 January 2012, Sanita named ‘HappiesComfort Nights’ second draw winners at its premises in Halat, Lebanon. The draw was held under the supervision of the Directorate of the Lebanese National Lottery no.: 1045/1.

Currently Sanita held 2 draws, naming 50 of the 70 winning customers. Interested parties still have a chance to win 1 of 20 remaining kids’ bedrooms in the upcoming final draw to take place on 15 February 2012.

How to Enter the Final Draw:

1-Fill in the coupon available in the Happies baby diapers or wet wipes pack

2-Submit coupons at special collection boxes or envelopes available at various points of sale

Congratulations to ‘Happies Comfort Nights’ Second Winners

Winner Name

Coupon Nb

رقم القسيمة

اسم الرابح

Ali Al Dirani

2292

٢٢٩٢

علي الديراني

Ali Badran

54881

٥٤٨٨١

علي بدران

Ali Fawwaz

285757

٢٨٥٧٥٧

علي فوّاز

Antoinette Al Haddad

15801

١٥٨٠١

أنطوانيت الحداد

Aya Gharib

94009

٩٤٠٠٩

آية غريب

Bassima Shebo

305333

٣٠٥٣٣٣

باسمة شبّو

Fadi Terrazi

123067

١٢٣٠٦٧

فادي طرازي

Fatme Khalaf

56520

٥٦٥٢٠

فاطمة خلف

Fatmeh Al Siba3e

33435

٣٣٤٣٥

فاطمي السباعي

Ghada Faour

307995

٣٠٧٩٩٥

غادة فعور

Housam abdel ghani

295103

٢٩٥١٠٣

حسام عبد الغاني

Housam Al Chami

49657

٤٩٦٥٧

حسام الشامي

Jean Hreiz

217738

٢١٧٧٣٨

جان حريز

Loutfi Harake

38454

٣٨٤٥٤

لطفي حركي
حميا

Malak Yehya

38454

٣٨٤٥٤

ملك يحيا

Mariam El Zein

204547

٢٠٤٥٤٧

مريم الزين

Marie-Belle Sawaya

2973

٢٩٧٣

ماري بيل صواي

Mirna Swaidany

80230

٨٠٢٣٠

ميرنا سويداني

Patricia Farah

220611

٢٢٠٦١١

باتريسيا فرح

Rania Sadaka

30645

٣٠٦٤٥

رانيا صدقة

Razan Obeid

17899

١٧٨٩٩

رازان عبيد

Roy Haddad

43224

٤٣٢٢٤

روي حداد

Sleiman Chouman

162968

١٦٢٩٦٨

سليمان شومان

Souad Awaida

218308

٢١٨٣٠٨

سعاد عويضة

Wissam Adnan

110857

١١٠٨٥٧

وسام عدنان

About Happies Baby Diapers

Happies is a leading brand of baby nappies and baby wet wipes in Lebanon. The brand includes regular baby diapers and baby aqua swim diapers in different sizes, as well as antibacterial embossed wet wipes with protective cream and embossed baby wet wipes with lotion.Happies baby diapers and wet towels are produced by Sanita in Halat, Lebanon. Sanita is a member of the multinational INDEVCO Group headquartered in Lebanon.